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1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Unable to skate and surrounded by sports fans who cared more about Evel Knievel than hockey, Kevin Cunningham became obsessed with the Chicago Blackhawks as a confused eight year old. He has no idea why. Yet from that moment on he embarked on a fan's journey that absorbed his childhood, destroyed his GPA, and made him seriously weigh romance against an away game at Calgary. What explains this fascination? Home Ice combines memoir and history to explore how the mysteries of Blackhawks fandom explain big questions like tribal belonging, masculinity, and why you would ever trade Chris Chelios. In recounting the team's--and his own--wins and losses (and ties), Cunningham covers everything from Keith Magnuson's bachelor pad to the grim early aughts to Patrick Kane's Cup-winner. Throughout, he explores how we come to love the things we love. Funny and touching, Home Ice is one Blackhawk fan's attempt to understand why sports fandom is utterly ridiculous and entirely necessary. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments ; 1. Skate-Around; 2. The Magazines; 3. The Munro Doctrine; 4. Competing Faiths; 5. Birth of the Uncool; 6. The Limping Superman; 7. Red Haired Like Me; 8. Strangers Hmong Us; 9. Red Menaces; 10. The Masculine Mystique; 11. West Side Story; 12. Mount Orval; 13. It's a Shame about Dave; 14. Springtime in Alberta; 15. Fables of a Reconstruction; 16. Between Blue Lines and Borges; 17. Jagr in the Heart; 18. Coda; 19. Love and Winnipeg; 20. All Locked Out; 21. Big in Japan; 22. Onward and Downward; 23. Except It Actually Hurts; 24. Letting Go, Taking On; 26. Trying. |
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26. High Anxiety27. Pure Platinum; 28. On Injured Reserve; 29. They'll Never Get Past Detroit; 30. The Yellow Brick Road; 31. Final-ly; 32. Before the Parade; 33. Pacific Division; 34. Lady Byng; Sources. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Chicago Blackhawks (Hockey team)
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Chicago Blackhawks (Hockey team) |
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Hockey.
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ice hockey. |
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference. |
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Hockey. |
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Hockey |
| ISBN |
9781609384791 (electronic bk.) |
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1609384792 (electronic bk.) |
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9781609384784 |
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